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I have heard they work very well. Not sure about the size etc but I do know that when you worm your dogs you need to make sure that you stop putting the poo in for a while otherwise you will kill your farm worms as well.

My breed is Miniature Long Haired Dachshund

In 1991 Cooper was $250 (I lost him 2005 ) , 1997 Mini was $450 and 2002 Rover was $650, all from Registered Breeders.

I am thinking the time is right for another puppy soon, so I will see what the going rate is in 2012

Around $1200 I would think.

Dog's can be unpredictable and when passing dogs that I don't know or know of their behavioual history, I personally take a wide enough berth out of leash range so they can't get to me and bite which to me is just common sense? Why pass so close that a leashed dog can make contact. IMHO the lady who got bitten could have avoided that herself

Well she probably could have avoided it in the same way you can avoid a car accident by not driving but she didn't and that doesn't make what happened her fault. :rolleyes:

Hope she is ok and that the owners are prosecuted.

One of the girls I work with went to one of those puppy palace type pet stores (where you walk in and can pat the puppies in pens not behind glass. Came home with a huski and border collie. She went back the next week and came home with a lab, 3 very high energy pups at the same time. I just met up with my other friend who said she's now got dog number 4 and has just fallen pregnant. Crazy crazy girl. Shes only 24 as well.

Keep an eye out at the pounds in her area in a couple of weeks time

We won't let her do that, I'll offer to rehome them with her if need be, she is married so has the support there but 4 teen dogs and a new born will be interesting dynamics

That is really nice of you but I would worry that she will just go and do it all over again. A no win situation.

again, I do these things because i don't have great recall with max. jenna will come, all the time every time, but max wont if he is excited. so if your dog bit max, I wouldn't ask you to pay my vet fees, but I would be upset that you brought your dog that wasn't happy with other dogs into an offlead dog park.

I don't get this, why do people let their dogs off lead when they don't have any recall? Sorry I just don't understand.

This is going to depend heavily on breed. Toy breeds I think can stay longer with their families, but larger breeds are sometimes ready even before 8 weeks.

I would hate to see puppies being allowed to leave their siblings at 6 or 7 weeks like they used to.

However, I agree that 12 weeks is too long. Both our dachies we got at 9 weeks. The first because we were unable to pick her up until then and the second because that was the breeder's choice. I think anywhere between 8 and 9 weeks is good. Our littlie at 11 weeks is really settled with us now and has had heaps of socialisation with teenage kids coming and going all school holidays - something she probably would not have experienced with her breeder at this age and something which is very much a part of life in our household.

What great news. So glad you have your little dog back again.

Could be a nasty ear infection. Sounds like he is in pain if he is crying. I wouldn't lose hope yet.

Have looked at this thread a couple of times hoping for good news. Hoping for the best for you and your daughter.

Good luck, sounds like a fantastic thing to do. I would love to just pack up and travel around. Not going to happen yet for a while.

Re the restrictions with dogs, I am sure there are issues but when we travelled to NT recently there were grey nomads with dogs all over the place and in every caravan park we stayed in. I was talking to a lady and asked her what they do and she said the same as you, that if it is somewhere they cannot miss (ie Kakadu) the dog went to a boarding kennel. When all of our kids are old enough to fend for themselves we plan to do the same thing and there isn't any way I won't be taking our dog(s) with us.

ETA: Actually one thing I did find surprising was the number of retirees we saw with unmanageable fox terrier type dogs. I guess they choose a small dog due to the size retrictions and think they won't have to do much training or something. Irrelevant really but just an observation we made. :D

Love the cat in the box one! How cute is that cat with the lion clip?

The line between red and chocolate confuses me too Some look very red and some very choc but there seems to a fair bit of transition in between.

And what they call 'red' in the link Kavik posted was clearly a cream to me. I wonder if that's because it's an American site?

Anyway, I've given up. I just call them all 'red' unless the owner says it's choc

Haha, yep me too.

My understanding is red is a recessive colour. Therefore to get red from a black and red mating the black needs to carry a copy of the red gene. I imagine with a black/red mating the ratio would be around 3:1 in favour of black if you had a sire that carried the red gene. If you got all blacks then your sire is probably not carrying the recessive red gene.

If you mate red to red 100% of the pups will be red. It is impossible to get any blacks from that mating.

For a red to black carrying red mating, each puppy has a 50% chance of being red. The sire can contribute either a red or black gene and his contribution will determine the colour as the dam has only red.

Ah yes, I was doing a punnett square for two blacks carrying the red gene in my head.

My understanding is red is a recessive colour. Therefore to get red from a black and red mating the black needs to carry a copy of the red gene. I imagine with a black/red mating the ratio would be around 3:1 in favour of black if you had a sire that carried the red gene. If you got all blacks then your sire is probably not carrying the recessive red gene.

If you mate red to red 100% of the pups will be red. It is impossible to get any blacks from that mating.

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Maremma Sheepdog

Beagle

Saluki

Great Dane

Dappled Grey (Its a horse) :D

Px

I think dappled grey is a colour not a breed.

Bloodhound

Basset hound

Wolfhound

Deerhound

Thanks everybody, she is such a funny little girl. Here is a couple more!

Sleeping in the cat's bed!

This is one of my favourite photos so far.

We welcomed a new addition into our family yesterday. Chloe is a standard smooth dachshund and she is nine weeks old.

Its been a few years since we had a puppy in the house and its amazing how quickly you forget stuff. ie, regardless that her legs are only two inches long she moves like lightning and managed to get from the loungeroom into our bedroom in seconds and under the bed with our cat who is not a happy camper at the moment. Luckily the result is just giving the cat a very wide berth now and no injuries that I can see. I had also forgotten how much wee and poo can come out of something so little! Oh well puppy breath and cuddles is the absolute bliss that makes it all worthwhile. She truly is a precious little bubby.

Loves lying in the grass.

With our old girl, Lizzie, who has been so good with her.

Don't blame you. We had a jack russell cross living near us that used to be such a menace when we walked the dogs anywhere near him. A clip around the ear (and an extremely flukey shot by me) with the end of the lead one day and he never gave me any more grief.

I got Shelley my golden retriever at 14 weeks old, When I meet her she was very timid/shy she didn't run up to me wanting pats/cuddles. Shelley didn't even wag her tail when we first meet, I still got her as I loved her looks.We were staying at my boyfriends mothers house for the night,She doesn't have a yard. That night I put a collar and lead on to take her outside to toilet she peed herself cause she was so scared. She would cower at the slightest noise or movement, If you raised your hand she would cower thats how frighten she was. When we got home I worked with her alot, If I wanted her to come to me I had to sit real still cause any sudden movements would make her scared. I worked with her each and everyday for 20 minutes 2 to 3 times a day. Took about a week for her to wag her tail, took another 3-4 weeks to overcome her fears of noises and sudden movements. Cause of all the hard work I put into Shelley she is know the most affectant dog loves to be patted/cuddled, Follows me everywhere. She still is scared of some movements and noises but she is hell of alot better then what she was. She is fairly protective of me specially at night time she doe2s bark and show bristles. Shelley also dislikes people wearing hats she barks them but stops when I tell her. Shelley also will not allow people to go near her unless I am with her due to the fact she was almost stolen when she was a puppy.

I guess what I am saying is these puppies can turn out to be great pets if the owners are willing to put in the time and patience to work with them. It would be hard work but in the long run the owners could form a very strong bond to the dog and the dog to the owner, But in saying that some dogs may not come around and stay that way for life.

Sure you can work with a dog with issues, but why make it harder for yourself than it needs to be? I'd never recommend anyone buy a puppy like that.

I agree with Huski. Well done on your patience and perseverance but at 14 weeks they have been pretty much shaped into the dogs they will become. I would also never recommend somebody buy a puppy that is that timid at that age especially if they had limited experience with dogs. Again, that is not to take away anything you have done, you have obviously done a brilliant job solicialising a very difficult puppy.

One of my favourite breeds. I would love one.

This is why I make sure my dogs are ok with having their paws touched and checked frequently.

Well that is all good in theory. Our dachie used to love lying on her back and have her feet fiddled with but try to cut her nails and it was a two person job.

Did the thing the dog was chewing belong to the housemate? And did they agree to have the dog stay for a few days?

Doesn't excuse it but if they are not happy having the dog there and they are paying rent or whatever it might explain it.

Awww, that's lovely.

we have old english sheepdogs aka the dulux dog also mistakenly recognized by some people as the durex dog!?!

We used to call sticky tape 'durex'. Seemed to faze out when the other, ahem, durex became more well known.